Famous People with Name Lee

Lee Harold Carmichael            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee Harold Carmichael: is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL. He played 13 seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles (1971-1983), and one season for the Dallas Cowboys (1984). He played college football at Southern University.

Lee Roy Caffey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee Roy Caffey: was an American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played college football at Texas A&M University where he played on the 1963 College All Star Football Team and is a member of the Texas A&M Hall of Fame

Lee Johnson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee Johnson: is a former professional American football punter who played 18 seasons in the National Football League. Throughout the course of his career, he played for the Houston Oilers (1985-1987), the Cleveland Browns (1987-1988), the Cincinnati Bengals (1988-1998), the New England Patriots (1999-2001), the Minnesota Vikings (2001), and the Philadelphia Eagles (2002)

Lee Roy Selmon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee Roy Selmon: is a former NFL football defensive lineman. He is the youngest of nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon, raised on a farm at Eufaula, Oklahoma.

Lee De Forest            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee De Forest: was an American inventor with over 180 patents to his credit. De Forest invented the Audion, a vacuum tube that takes relatively weak electrical signals and amplifies them. De Forest is one of the fathers of the "electronic age", as the Audion helped to usher in the widespread use of electronics.He was involved in several patent lawsuits and he spent a fortune from his inventions on the legal bills. He had four marriages and several failed companies, he was defrauded by business partners, and he was once indicted for mail fraud, but was later acquitted.

Sheila Jackson Lee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sheila Jackson Lee: is an American politician. She has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995. She represents Texas's 18th congressional district (map), which was once represented by her role model, former congresswoman Barbara Jordan. Jackson-Lee graduated from Jamaica High School in Queens. She earned a B.A. in political science from Yale University in 1972, followed by a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School in 1975.

Peggy Lee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peggy Lee: was an American jazz and popular music singer and songwriter and Academy Award-nominated actress. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota. Widely recognized as one of the most important musical influences of the 20th century, Lee has been cited as a mentor to such diverse artists as Bobby Darin, Paul McCartney, Bette Midler, Madonna, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello, Dusty Springfield, Dr. John, and numerous others. As a songwriter, she collaborated with her late husband Dave Barbour, Sonny Burke, Victor Young, Francis Lai, Dave Grusin, John Chiodini, and Duke Ellington who stated, "If I'm the Duke, then Peggy's the Queen." As an actress, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Pete Kelly's Blues. Peggy Lee had a contralto singing range.

Wendee Lee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wendee Lee: While she has done voicework for many video games, as well as several episodes in the Power Rangers franchise, she is particularly prolific in the dubbing of anime, where she has more credits than any other English anime voice actor with 215 credits, as of October 2007. According to her interview on the Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs, she started doing voices at school, and got in trouble for it.

Dr. Samuel ("Sammy") Lee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dr. Samuel ("Sammy") Lee: is the first Asian American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States and the first man to win back-to-back gold medals in Olympic platform diving.Lee also won a bronze medal in springboard diving in the 1948 games. His accomplishments were not limited to the athletic field. Dr. Lee was a student-athlete at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, where he received his M.D. in 1947. He went on to serve in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Korea from 1943-45, where he specialized in the diseases of the ear

Geddy Lee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Geddy Lee: An award-winning musician, Lee's style, technique, and skill on the bass guitar have proven very influential in the rock and heavy metal genres, inspiring such players as Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, John Myung of Dream Theater, Les Claypool of Primus, and Cliff Burton of Metallica.